The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

We looked at outcomes and found radical innovation when directors had more diverse experience, helping to guide firms toward more cutting-edge exploration and success,” the researchers explain.

Diversity 97

Diversity Innovation Biotechnology Short-term 97

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Even if most of their investments fail, a few spectacular successes can "make the fund" for a VC. If the IPO window remains open in spite of Solyndra's public failings, we anticipate that a broader set of clean energy startups will achieve successful exits.

Energy 10

Energy Finance IPO Biotechnology 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2014

But wait a minute – is starting more new businesses always a good thing? Indeed, empirical evidence shows that the decline in new business formation is associated with increased per capita income, and the more new businesses countries have, the lower their GDPs are. The WhatsApps are the rare exceptions.

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur Biotechnology Real Estate Innovation 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2014

Start-up companies tend to cluster in industries favored by venture capitalists (like biotechnology or information technology) or ones where there are relatively low barriers to entry (like restaurants). In these markets if existing companies don’t rise to the innovation challenge, no one will.

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Company Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In contrast, New England has increasingly become a hub for ventures in life sciences; the first three-quarters of 2016 saw almost 60% of VC investments in New England go to ventures in biotechnology and medical devices. Witness the case of Uber, which has a market valuation exceeding $60 billion and is still a privately held company.

Biotechnology 8

Biotechnology Drucker Software Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Cephalon's IPO was in 1991, part of the second wave of biotechnology companies to sell shares to the public. Realizing that a rejection from the FDA was possible, Baldino sharply scaled back the Mytrophin program, containing the risk but maintaining an option on the possibility of success. The FDA voted to reject Myotrophin in 1997.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Biotechnology IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

As global companies focus their strategies on developed and emerging markets, they require substantial cadres of leaders capable of operating effectively anywhere in the world. French pharmaceutical company Sanofi recently acquired Boston-based Genzyme to tap into America's intellectual capital in biotechnology.

Competitive Advantage 13

Competitive Advantage Globalization Development Intellectual Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2016

After all, if acquisitions pay off they can provide a transformational antidote to a slowing core market and declining margins. Helping customers complete their “journey” An example of a stunningly successful merger was Procter & Gamble’s 2005 acquisition of Gillette.

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Biotechnology Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

Opponents will point out that the discovery of oil and gas can explain a lot of North Dakota's recent success. And of course that's true — but the commodities market has been booming only in recent years, and the bank's track record is long and impressive. Our 50 states have been called laboratories of democracy.

Biotechnology 9

Biotechnology Real Estate Tourism Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Hence, one secret to Silicon Valley's success has been its active and visible hand, in stark contrast to the Ayn Rand/Adam Smith folklore often bandied about. government is often portrayed as providing a safeguard against market failure. Many of the "new economy" companies that like to portray themselves as the heart of U.S.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Biotechnology Fashion Innovation 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

When business owners are successful, it’s only natural to start considering how they can make the most of their profits and savings. This increased the need for care items for the elderly and there are plenty of gaps in the market for the healthcare sector.

Health Care 67

Health Care Biotechnology Energy Insurance 67

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

In order to do this, your company needs a process to source radical ideas that can catapult your business to new heights, open up new markets, or bring in completely unfamiliar profit streams. ups become successful because they are frugal in their origins. Let’s say you’re in the energy sector. Use Convergence Thinking.

Skills 8

Skills Power Six Sigma Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

And 43% cited technology expertise, HR-talent management, international-global expertise, and succession planning as the skills missing most on their boards. pharmaceuticals, biotechnology & life sciences, health care equipment and services); Industrials (e.g., We also looked at results by industry and region.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2014

That’s why pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies need to define their relevance in this new health care ecosystem, and soon. This was a notable success — but what if we combined the insights and resources of a life science company and health provider that were both focused on, say, acute cardiovascular diseases?

Health Care 8

Health Care Pharmaceuticals Information Technology Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2013

While Silicon Valley continues to dwarf other regions around the world in terms of venture capital investments and successful exits , Case is placing his bets across the rest of America, on what he calls “the rise of the rest.” Or Chipotle, $12 billion market value right now based in Denver. I think venture capitalists do play a role.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Company Biotechnology Transportation 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Or pay a freelance consultant to do market research? Clark recommends listing the “concrete skills you need to develop in order to be successful at pursuing your passion full-time.” They “carved out time on nights and weekends” to do research and market analysis. Patch weak spots.

Project 8

Project Outsourcing Learning-by-Doing Commitment 8

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Location has always been vital for startups, both in terms of providing ready access to human capital to help develop the startup’s proposition, but also to provide ready access to a local market to help develop momentum. This has prompted many of the fastest growing companies of our age to congregate in the same places.

Biotechnology 56

Biotechnology Human Capital Travel Entrepreneur 56

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Even the most naive of them agree that, like it or not, relationships hold the key to both their current capac­ity and future success. But just because you know that a network is important to your success, it doesn’t mean you are devoting sufficient time and energy to making it useful and strong. In fact, few of us do.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2014

An estimated 250 funds are actively raising capital in a market that the Global Impact Investing Network estimates at $25 billion. This question is hard to answer because, in the midst of all of this excitement, there aren’t clear success markers for the sector. Impact investing has captured the world’s imagination.

Development 8

Development Microfinance Biotechnology Exit Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

That means new technologies and new competitors are hitting the market at an unprecedented rate. Successful software companies like Google, Intuit, and Salesforce.com churn out their “beta” or “labs” products that effectively test demand for new products. To illustrate this, consider that patent applications in the U.S.

Uncertainty 21

Uncertainty Industry Bottom-up Technology 21

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

While it’s understandable that stock and currency markets would react this way to the outcome of the election, I believe that it’s somewhat of an overreaction. Consider the successful examples of New Zealand’s milk industry, Basque Country’s steelmaking, and Chilean copper manufacturing. It means more thinking.

Cooper 13

Cooper Long-term Industry Health Care 13